Saturday, September 22 (8:30-5:30) Module B – Parables and the Spirituality of the Child.

Saturday, October 27 (8:30-5:30) Module C – Liturgical Action Stories and the Community of Children.

Registration is limited – a minimum of 12 participants is required for the program. Applications will be received on a “first come, first serve” basis. Your space is not confirmed until FULL payment is received.

Throughout the Fall of 2015 and during three days in April, five Godly Play modules were offered and 15 participants were involved in training and refresher days. Here they are doing big work. (continue reading to see pictures)

Love is Stronger than Fear
by Mora MacDonaldMora is an elementary School Counselor and Godly Play Canada Storyteller at Sackville United Church, Sackville New Brunswick. She wrote this story when her church decided to sponsor a Refugee family to help children understand who a refugee is and consider how God might want us to live with refugees.

Script is written. Movements are in brackets.

Watch where I go to get this story so you will know where to go to find it. (Talk lower, but clear enough so the children can hear you as you find the pieces you need around the room.) I need that last card of creation, the Holy Family card from our Christmas story, a candle, some people of God, the 10 best ways heart. Hmmm… anything else?? Of course, the desert box. And I brought some things I had at home in this basket. Continue reading →

Kathy Carr recently led a couple of sessions on mindfulness in the sacred circle in the Sunday School of Sackville United Church. She explored mindful eating – the practice of slowing down and being aware of what we are eating.

Kathy writes:“ In the first gathering, the children were asked about the five senses we all have – these are some of the sacred gifts of our body, that help us be aware of what we see, hear, touch, smell and taste.”Continue reading →